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Uttarakhand’s BJP Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has won the Champawat bypoll by a margin of 55,025 votes. Leading from the front, Dhami , 46, steered the Bharatiya Janata Party through choppy waters to a mammoth victory in the Uttarakhand assembly election this year.
It may be recalled that in the assembly elections held earlier in Uttarakhand , Pushkar Singh Dhami was defeated in his Khatima constituency by Congress’s Bhuwan Chand Kapri by over 6,000 votes. Hence the Bypoll win was need to stay on as Chief Minister .
Soon after victory announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his congratulations as he wrote, Congratulations to Uttarakhand’s dynamic CM@pushkardhamifor the record win from Champawat. I am confident he will work even harder for the progress of Uttarakhand. I thank the people of Champawat for placing their faith in BJP and laud our Karyakartas for their hardwork.
Congratulations to Uttarakhand’s dynamic CM @pushkardhami for the record win from Champawat. I am confident he will work even harder for the progress of Uttarakhand. I thank the people of Champawat for placing their faith in BJP and laud our Karyakartas for their hardwork.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 3, 2022
For the first time in the hill state, the same party came to power for a second term.
